Light in My Darkness

Helen Keller, Time Magazine’s woman of the century, reveals her mystical side in this best-selling spiritual autobiography. Writing that her first reading of Emanuel Swedenborg at age fourteen gave her truths that were “to my faculties what light, color and music are to the eye and ear,” she explains how Swedenborg’s works sustained her throughout her life.

Helen Keller reveals her mystical side and her Swedenborgianism in this best-selling spiritual autobiography.

NAPRA Review

Exploring these writings gives us a more intimate view of Keller's joyous celebration of life and transformative spiritual vision.

Ray Silverman earned his Ph.D. in English and Education from the University of Michigan, an M.A.T. from Wesleyan University, and an MDiv. from the Academy of the New Church. He has served as adjunct professor of English and Religion for Mercer University’s Prison Program, in Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently assistant professor of Religion at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. He resides in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Star, and their seven children. Ray and Star are co-authors of Rise Above It: Spiritual Development through the Ten Commandments.